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BU recruit 2011- Jeff Early

I like the idea of a lock down defender.. but he sounds like a 2 and it appears we already have plenty of those.
 
KillerB said:
I like the idea of a lock down defender.. but he sounds like a 2 and it appears we already have plenty of those.
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"2" is interchangable with off guard for the sake of this comment.

We do have a lot of OGs, but nowadays, most teams have two different off-guards on the floor at the same time. TB in 2009 is the last BU player I can remember playing the 3 who was actually a forward, and that was only for a few mins here and there (except for the infamous lineup of WE, JP and MK that JL tried for about 2 minutes last year). Having a glut of 2's simply means you have players who are covering both the 2 and the 3 spot. The 2 and 3 are practically interchangable...could anybody actually discern who played the 2 and who played the 3 when you would have DD, WL, and DSE on the floor at the same time?

My guess is that a 6'3 forward would be listed this way because he isn't a shooter and is more of a driver/scorer/rebounder, and wouldn't ever be on the floor without a PG and a shooter/OG.
 
PTownHawkeye said:
"2" is interchangable with off guard for the sake of this comment.

We do have a lot of OGs, but nowadays, most teams have two different off-guards on the floor at the same time. TB in 2009 is the last BU player I can remember playing the 3 who was actually a forward, and that was only for a few mins here and there (except for the infamous lineup of WE, JP and MK that JL tried for about 2 minutes last year). Having a glut of 2's simply means you have players who are covering both the 2 and the 3 spot. The 2 and 3 are practically interchangable...could anybody actually discern who played the 2 and who played the 3 when you would have DD, WL, and DSE on the floor at the same time?

My guess is that a 6'3 forward would be listed this way because he isn't a shooter and is more of a driver/scorer/rebounder, and wouldn't ever be on the floor without a PG and a shooter/OG.
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I understand what a 2 guard is, but thanks for the lesson anyway.
I actually would prefer to see us get another point guard if we are going the JC route.
 
This kid seems to fit Ford's offensive scheme!

This kid seems to fit Ford's offensive scheme!

Future Walk-On said:
I don't care what position he plays

First team JUCO all american? is this DIII or something?
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I'm probably wrong in my assesment of this type of player but I did have the pleasure to see Kent State play a couple of ballgames with Coach Ford at the helm and this type of player seems to fit his offensive scheme/style. The games I saw were just flat out non-stop race horse basketball with kids flying up and down the court, using a 9-10 man rotation - just flat wore me out! It seemed to me any kid over 6-5 and 200 lbs who didn't run like the wind was just flat out of place on the court. I don't know if that kind of style will play well in the MVC and I really don't think WE and JP are suited to play it but any kid between 6-2 to 6-5 with great speed and an ability to get directly to the hoop looks to be players Coach Ford would be targeting. Again my observation is based on two ballgames I saw last year so that may or may not be his style and again I wouldn't have a clue what he thinks will play in the MVC but if speed is his MO then this type of student athelete may well be his target and he'll need a bench full just like him to run this style for 40 minutes!
 
Jeff Early played his freshman season at Allegany College of Cumberland, Maryland.
He was named 3rd team All-American in 2009.
Here Jeff Early is listed at 6'1" on the Allegany roster in 2008-2009-
http://www.njcaa.org/colleges_colle...y=Roster&slid=2&teamid=78286&athleteid=246687

He must have grown. Now on the Monroe roster, he is lised at 6'4"-
http://www.njcaa.org/colleges_colle...=Roster&slid=2&teamid=105631&athleteid=307915

Here are a couple brief video clips of Jeff Early-
An alley-oop dunk attempt when he was playing at Allegany College-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwT3uKAa47s

A warmup video from Feb. 2007 when he was in high school-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psM-9HGT5k0

And he was recently voted to the 1st team NJCAA All-American
http://www.njcaa.org/sports_awards.cfm?sid=4&divid=1&slid=2
 
Found this on an Arkansas State board on Jeff Early..


Re: Jeff Early
?« Reply #32 on: February 20, 2011, 08:21:31 AM ?»
Jeff is legit 6'3 maybe 6'4 wing player who has a legit 40 inch vertical leap.* He is a human highlight film.* 1st team preseason Alll-american at Alleghany , then broke his foot last year.* Transferred to Monroe.* His last 3 games has averaged over 30 points and 10 boards.* Amazing rebounder for his size.*
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daPAWW1 said:
I'm probably wrong in my assesment of this type of player but I did have the pleasure to see Kent State play a couple of ballgames with Coach Ford at the helm and this type of player seems to fit his offensive scheme/style. The games I saw were just flat out non-stop race horse basketball with kids flying up and down the court, using a 9-10 man rotation - just flat wore me out! It seemed to me any kid over 6-5 and 200 lbs who didn't run like the wind was just flat out of place on the court. I don't know if that kind of style will play well in the MVC and I really don't think WE and JP are suited to play it but any kid between 6-2 to 6-5 with great speed and an ability to get directly to the hoop looks to be players Coach Ford would be targeting. Again my observation is based on two ballgames I saw last year so that may or may not be his style and again I wouldn't have a clue what he thinks will play in the MVC but if speed is his MO then this type of student athelete may well be his target and he'll need a bench full just like him to run this style for 40 minutes!
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I think WE would do good in a fast offense
 
This is a rehash of an older topic...
I think Jeff Early has proved he is a fine player and has done very well for SIU -- and I guess you could say Bradley looked close at him and almost landed him....
however - here's a little blurb from the SIU media that spins it this way....

"Early.... was a half hour from signing with new coach Geno Ford. "

but...."Lindsay convinced Early to accompany him on a recruiting trip to
Carbondale before making his final decision, and the rest is history."
http://thesouthern.com/sports/colle...cle_a8691fee-7fdb-11e2-b900-0019bb2963f4.html

Hmmm... that's not exactly how I had heard it......
I don't know if Lindsay was ever offered by BU but he was here at Bradley at the same time Early was...
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=230125&postcount=12
 
tornado said:
This is a rehash of an older topic...
I think Jeff Early has proved he is a fine player and has done very well for SIU -- and I guess you could say Bradley looked close at him and almost landed him....
however - here's a little blurb from the SIU media that spins it this way....

"Early.... was a half hour from signing with new coach Geno Ford. "

but...."Lindsay convinced Early to accompany him on a recruiting trip to
Carbondale before making his final decision, and the rest is history."
http://thesouthern.com/sports/colle...cle_a8691fee-7fdb-11e2-b900-0019bb2963f4.html

Hmmm... that's not exactly how I had heard it......
I don't know if Lindsay was ever offered by BU but he was here at Bradley at the same time Early was...
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=230125&postcount=12
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I liked Early and would have liked to have him. But didn't we think he was not a very good shooter? He would have fit in with our try hard team though.
 
he was lacking back then in shooting & ball handling skills - but he has made tremendous improvement and is a quality player..
He has done for them what Chris Roberts did for us..
 
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